THE UNLIT LAMP By RADCLYFFE HALL _Author of "Poems of the Past and Present," "Songs of Three Counties and other Poems," "The Forgotten Island," "The Forge._" "And the sin I impute to each frustrate ghost Is--the unlit lamp and the ungirt loin." "_The Statue and the Bust_" (_Browning_). CASSELL AND COMPANY, LTD London, New York, Toronto and Melbourne First Published 1924 CONTENTS _BOOK I_ CHAPTER ONE CHAPTER TWO CHAPTER THREE CHAPTER FOUR CHAPTER FIVE CHAPTER SIX CHAPTER SEVEN CHAPTER EIGHT CHAPTER NINE _BOOK II_ CHAPTER TEN CHAPTER ELEVEN CHAPTER TWELVE CHAPTER THIRTEEN CHAPTER FOURTEEN CHAPTER FIFTEEN CHAPTER SIXTEEN CHAPTER SEVENTEEN CHAPTER EIGHTEEN _BOOK III_ CHAPTER NINETEEN CHAPTER TWENTY CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR _BOOK IV_ CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE CHAPTER THIRTY CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE CHAPTER FORTY _BOOK V_ CHAPTER FORTY-ONE CHAPTER FORTY-TWO CHAPTER FORTY-THREE CHAPTER FORTY-FOUR CHAPTER FORTY-FIVE CHAPTER FORTY-SIX CHAPTER FORTY-SEVEN CHAPTER FORTY-EIGHT CHAPTER FORTY-NINE CHAPTER FIFTY To MABEL VERONICA BATTEN in deep affection, gratitude and respect. _All the Characters represented in this book are purely imaginary._ THE UNLIT LAMP _BOOK I_ CHAPTER ONE 1